For almost six decades, the following murder investigation has remained a cold case. It is one of the oldest cold cases in the Toronto Police’s list of unsolved homicides. On Aug 7., 1962, Julian (Julie) Wolanski age 16, told her mom she was going to meet a teacher at the Eglinton Subway station about the …
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Nov. 14, 1960, at about 8:05 p.m, Elgin Cullen, 62, was found shot to death on the Cullen Pony Farm. The farm was started by Elgin Cullen in 1935, according to the Etobicoke historical society. The murder is now the oldest Etobicoke homicide cold case still on the Toronto police books. At the time, there …
Sonia VARASCHIN, age 42, was reported missing to the Orangeville Police Service on August 30, 2010, after her vehicle was found abandoned, with blood smeared on its bumper, behind a store in Orangeville, Ontario. There were no signs of forced entry to her home, but blood was found inside and Sonia was nowhere to be …
Robert Wagner, 31, was found on Jan. 22, 1991, in his Cambridge apartment, dead from multiple stab wounds. Police believe he was murdered sometime between late afternoon on Jan. 21 and noon on Jan. 22, and no weapon was ever found. He was found by a friend who checked up on him after he failed …
On Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at about 5:12 p.m., police responded to a shooting at 4400 Jane Street. The killers, three of them, were captured on security cameras in the area. The William Junior Appiah, age 18, was discovered outside an apartment building, suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite life-saving efforts by emergency personnel, he was …
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Follow us on Youtube for more Canadian True Crime content The Government of the Province of Ontario is offering a total reward of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of thirteen year old Leah Salina Sousa. On the morning of …
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Follow us on Youtube for more Canadian True Crime content Brandon Polegato, 26, was found dead from multiple gunshot wounds in the hallway of an apartment building on Washmill Lake Drive on Feb. 7, 2021. Two men were arrested in relation to his death later the same month, but eventually released without charges. Police have …
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Follow us on Youtube for more Canadian True Crime content Dylan Koshman disappeared, and hasn’t been seen since, after a fight with roommates in 2008. The now 12 years old missing person cold case in Edmonton was upgraded to a homicide investigation in 2017. Koshman, who was last seen on Thanksgiving weekend in October 2008, …
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Follow us on Youtube for more Canadian True Crime content On Monday, March 9, 1959, at about 7:05 p.m., police responded to an emergency call on McCowan Road south of Ellesmere Road in the Scarborough area of Toronto. The victim was Patricia Lupton, age 12 years old and was discovered off the roadway, suffering from …
Follow us on Youtube for more Canadian True Crime content Holly Painter was considered missing, but 27 years later her disappearance is now considered a homicide. Her body has never been recovered and Toronto Police cold case detectives and her family are still looking for answers Holly was last seen in the vicinity of Dawes …
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